https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Twenty-six percent of Swedes would vote for Fredrik Reinfeldt if the elections were to be held today, a three-year low for the prime minister, while Opposition Leader Stefan Löfven's Social Democrats party pulled in 33.7 percent of the votes. https://www.thelocal.se/20131014/50766 Mon, 14 Oct 2013 09:24:00 +0200 50766 Sweden's Green Party climbed to yet another record-high result in in research institute Sifo's December polls, while the Social Democrats hit a new low. https://www.thelocal.se/20111218/38004 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:44:00 +0100 38004 Sweden's current crop of ministers has been given the lowest approval ratings since an annual end-of-year poll began twelve years ago. https://www.thelocal.se/20080101/9536 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:12:00 +0100 9536 After consistently rising support since losing the election in September 2006, the Social Democrats have slipped back in the latest voter ratings measured by Synovate Temo. The party can no longer claim more support than all the four ruling Alliance parties together. https://www.thelocal.se/20070624/7688 Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:46:00 +0200 7688 Sweden's opposition parties have increased their poll lead over the ruling alliance parties to 3.4 percent. Support for the opposition is unchanged, but the conservative government has lost support in recent weeks. https://www.thelocal.se/20070325/6791 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:03:00 +0200 6791 Sweden's ruling Social Democratic Party appears to be back in favour with voters eight months before the country's general election, a poll published on Thursday indicated. https://www.thelocal.se/20060112/2851-2 Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:00:00 +0100 2851-2 Faced with the choice of sitting next to Social Democrat Prime Minister Göran Persson or opposition leader Fredrik Reinfeldt at a party, most Swedes wouls choose Reinfeldt, a new poll shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20051103/2418-2 Thu, 03 Nov 2005 13:53:00 +0100 2418-2 Sweden's centre-right parties, which have not held power in Sweden since the Social Democrat victory in 1994, appear set to win the next election, according to election expert Sören Holmberg. https://www.thelocal.se/20051010/2257-2 Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:22:00 +0200 2257-2 The four centre-right opposition parties have strengthened their lead over the ruling Social Democrats and their allies, a new opinion poll has shown. https://www.thelocal.se/20050804/1838-5 Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:45:00 +0200 1838-5 Swedish voter support for the Social Democratic government of Prime Minister Göran Persson is at a low, an opinion poll published on Saturday showed, some 15 months ahead of the country's general election. https://www.thelocal.se/20050604/1551-2 Sat, 04 Jun 2005 17:16:00 +0200 1551-2 Barely two days after a major opinion poll appeared to show that the 'spring crisis' for the ruling Social Democrats was over, a new survey has revealed that public confidence in the government is still falling. https://www.thelocal.se/20050528/1507-2 Sat, 28 May 2005 15:53:00 +0200 1507-2 Göran Persson is set to spend Easter weekend wallowing in a torrent of bad opinion poll news. In addition to another opinion poll showing that the centre-right opposition has overtaken the government, the prime minister must contend with the fact that he is now only the third most popular party leader. In addition, half of trade union members and a majority of voters think that he should resign before the 2006 election. https://www.thelocal.se/20050325/1174-2 Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:49:00 +0100 1174-2